crazy stupid law suit

this is from an interview between my friend Evi and me. The interview is part of an art-project but since I've been meaning to blog the below incident for a while and never found time I just posted the part from the interview, in which I happen to tell that story:
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Sis: and now, on top of it all,..did I tell you this story?
Evi: nope
Sis: Rosa was in her car waiting in line to turn; in front of her were two cars. A brand new Lexus all the way in the front and a cabby just in front of her. ..and she was getting something from the floor or something and her foot slipped off the gas …so she very lightly tapped the cab in front of her. So, the cabdriver gets out of his car and makes this huge scene. There was nothing wrong, though,…no scratches on any of the three cars…the cabbie had also bumped the Lexus. The only thing that happened was that the cab’s license plate cover had fallen off. So, Rosa was like “you really wanna call the police? We’re going to wait her for 2 hours and this will cost you like 7 Dollars…here I give you 10 Dollars.” ..but he’s like “no no,…blahblahblah”, so they sit and wait there for the police. After about an hour someone from the auto-shop across the street walks over to the Lexus in front and hands the people inside a business card. And Rosa is watching this ..wondering. So, finally the police arrives (after like an hour and a half)…the cab-driver is already totally annoyed, ..he has to be somewhere or something…so, when the cop asks if he claims any damage, he’s just like “no, no…I gotta go.” So Rosa is like “what? You’re making us wait here for an hour and a half and then you’re not claiming anything?” ..so anyway, it was for nothing..
Evi: oh no…
Sis: a couple of weeks later she gets a letter …the people from the Lexus which also didn’t have a scratch on it, are suing her for 5 Million Dollars!
Evi: for what??
Sis: for whip-lash or something like that. I was like “what? Whip-lash? You went like 1mph…not even…” …so basically …a total scam… but she now has to go to court and all this ..
Evi: and she has to have a lawyer?
Sis: ehm..yeah…she has to do everything… but ..her ex-husband is a lawyer and he said that they already have a problem because they didn’t serve the papers to her…they handed the letter to her 15-year old son. …so that’s a loophole, right there. ......5 Million dollars…
Evi: (laughs)
Sis: A friend of mine’s aunt apparently makes a living out of this. She just sues people. All she does is going to court and looking for scenarios which allow for a lawsuit.
Evi: and nobody says anything?
Sis: nope. This is how it works here. You can sue for anything and people take advantage of it ...that’s why everyone is so paranoid. That’s why you can’t do anything…people are always scared to get sued.
Evi: and there is no judge stopping her? Telling her, she’s crazy and he’s seen her 5 times this week already?
Sis: I guess, not,…it’s the law. She can make the law work for her.